Neo
Campaign Veteran
I will be visiting this area soon and was wondering if anyone has had any experience with OC there. TIA!
No experience in that area, but open carry is legal throughout the entire state with TN permit or reciprocal one, so what else is there to know, except where you can't carry period?
- OS
The issue is, of course, pre-1986 laws in certain locales in TN that were allowed to remain (e.g. in Belle Meade) after the TN shall-issue legislation went into effect. I don't want to walk into a town and immediately get arrested because I didn't know they were the exception rather than the rule.
If one is concerned about a possible old law / ordinances which could bite your butt, the best answer is to go to the locality's website, and ask to see a list of their laws / ordinances.
FYI: The so called "Belle Meade Law" was not being enforced, and was practically forgotten, until someone brought it to their attention in a very public fashion. It was removed, once attention was brought to the law, as it was in direct conflict of the superior state law...
Again, most localities did NOT have any laws /ordinances which impacted carry. And, if they did have, generally, they are not enforced. Again, if worried check with the specific municipality...
....The Belle Meade law stood and was in no conflict with any State law. TCA 39-17-1314(a) clearly states laws in effect before April 8, 1986 are valid....
...Belle Meade no longer has any gun laws as of October 1, 2010. You're welcome.
I don't live in TN, but I do visit there frequently. So, thanks, kwikrnu. By the way, I have friends in Brentwood. Are you aware of pre-1986 ordinances there?